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Ballard and Anglo American launch field trial of methanol-fueled fuel cell home generator in rural South Africa

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Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, the world’s largest primary producer of platinum, launched a field trial of a methanol-fueled home generator system in an off-grid residential application. Monthly delivery of liquid methanol fuel to an external storage tank will enable uninterrupted primary power to these homes.

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Ballard and Anglo American Platinum partner on a range of fuel cell applications in South Africa

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Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum Limited, the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals, are working in partnership on a number of early-stage stationary and motive power applications of fuel cells in the South African market. COP17 was a high-level summit on climate change.

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Fuel-cell maker Ballard acquires IdaTech’s backup power system product lines, ip and customer base

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Ballard Power Systems signed an agreement to acquire key assets from IdaTech, including its fuel cell product lines for backup power applications, distributor and customer relationships, as well as a license to intellectual property. IdaTech supplies both hydrogen- and methanol-fueled systems.

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Direct methanol fuel cell company Oorja closes Series E funding

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Oorja, developer of methanol fuel cells in the power range from 1 kW to 20 kW, announced the close of a Series E investment round. The global fuel cell industry surpassed $1 billion in revenue in 2012, growing from $847.5 billion in 2012, according to a 2013 report by Navigant Research. Earlier post.)

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Ballard ships 500th ElectraGen-ME methanol fuel cell system for telecom backup

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Ballard Power Systems has shipped its 500 th methanol-fueled telecom backup power system, since expanding its product line in August 2012 via the acquisition of key assets from IdaTech. Ballard offers both ElectraGen-ME liquid-fueled methanol systems as well as ElectraGen-H2 gaseous hydrogen-fueled systems. Earlier post.)

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Tata Motors shows CNG, diesel-electric hybrid and fuel cell concepts at Auto Expo 2012 in India, unveils 3 new production vehicles

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Tata Motors showcased its alternate fuel technology capability at the New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 by displaying four concepts: the Tata Nano CNG; the Tata Indigo Manza diesel-electric hybrid; the Tata Starbus Fuel Cell (hydrogen); and the Tata Magic Iris CNG. CNG kit components have been applied to the bi-fuel CNG Tata Nano.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. Earlier post.).

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